Youth and 4-H
Breeding Beef, Sheep, and Swine Project
Record Worksheet (For Junior 4-H’ers)
Name:
County:
Record Start Date:
Record End Date:
(Use one record worksheet for each type of project.)
Project Type:
Project Animal Information
Name or tag number of animals you
own at the START of your project
Animal’s
value
Name or tag number of animals you
own at the END of your project
$
Animal’s
value
$
[1]
[2]
Total
Total
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Feed Record Summary
Date
Purchased
List ALL types of feeds fed
(grain mix, hay, pasture, etc.)
Quantity
(pounds, days, etc.)
Total cost
(even if zero)
[3]
Total $
Other Expenses
Date
Description of expenses (other than feed) such as animal purchases,
entry fees, bedding, veterinary services or supplies, interest, etc.
Total cost
[4]
Total $
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Project Income
Date
Describe what you sold, used at home, earned with your animals (do
not include animals kept for breeding)
Total value
$
[5]
Total $
Mating Record
Mating Record
Female name or number
(repeat for each mating)
Date female was mated
Male name or number
Offspring Record
Birth date
Number born alive
Birth weight
Date weaned
Pounds weaned for
each female mated*
Total Pounds Weaned for the Project
(add all boxes on line marked with *)
[6]
Total Number of Females Mated from Last Year
(even if no offspring were produced)
[7]
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Financial Summary
Item
Directions
Your project values
Income
What is the total value of your animals at ending date?
Enter [2]
$
How much income was made from your project?
Enter [5]
$
[8]
What is the total value your project has developed?
Add [2]+[5]
$
What was the value of your animals at starting date?
Enter [1]
$
How much did you spend for feed?
Enter [3]
$
How much did you spend on other expenses?
Enter [4]
$
Expenses
[9]
What are your total expenses?
Add [1],[3], 4]
$
Profit or Loss
Was your project profitable for you?
(positive value means profit; negative means loss)
Subtract [9]-[8]
$
Project Evaluation
Project Trait
Directions
Average Pounds Weaned Per Female Exposed
Averages
Divide [6][7]
pounds per female
How many pounds of offspring were
produced per female mated?
Average Carrying Cost Per Female Exposed
Add [3]+[4], then
divide by [7]
How much did it cost to keep
each breeding female in the project?
$
dollars per female
Prepared by Brad R. Skaar and Dan Morrical, Extension Livestock Specialists; Jeff Johnson, Program Assistant, 4-H
Youth Development.
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